Markey, 3 Other Senate Democrats Introduce Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act
The Data Broker Accountability and Transparency Act (S-668) was introduced by Sens. Ed Markey, D-Mass., Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., and Al Franken, D-Minn., said a joint news release Thursday. S-668 would “allow consumers to access and correct their…
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information to help ensure maximum accuracy,” it said. “The bill also provides consumers with the right to stop data brokers from using, sharing, or selling their personal information for marketing purposes” and “empowers” the FTC to “enforce the law and promulgate rules within one year.” Data brokers "seem to believe that there is no such thing as privacy,” Markey said in the release. “This legislation ensures that data brokers cannot take advantage of the most valuable possessions that consumers have: their personal information.” Americans "have a fundamental right to privacy, including the right to determine whether information about their personal lives should be available for sale to the highest bidder,” said Franken.